And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Source: <A HREF="http://207.12.87.1/nucwaste/news/idtimj01.htm"> http://207.12.87.1/nucwaste/news/idtimj01.htm</A> ======================================================== Sen. Craig pushes bill for temporary waste storage By N.S. Nokkentved Times-News writer March 15, 1999 TWIN FALLS - Sen. Larry Craig, R-Idaho, plans to introduce a bill today to create a temporary storage site for highly radioactive waste from commercial power plants. The bill would create a temporary storage site near Yucca Mountain, Nev. Yucca Mountain is a prime candidate to be the nation's disposal site for spent nuclear fuel from commercial reactors. Though used, spent nuclear fuel is still highly radioactive and remains dangerous for 10,000 years. The federal Energy Department has opposed previous attempts to create a temporary storage site in Nevada, saying it would undermine efforts and sap funds to establish a permanent disposal site. Past bills have enjoyed broad support in Congress but failed in the face of veto threats by President Clinton. Nevada's congressional delegation also has vehemently opposed temporary storage in Nevada. The Energy Department is under court order to collect spent reactor fuel stored at about 70 commercial power plants around the country. The department was supposed to have taken possession of the waste by January of 1998. But so far, the Energy Department has no place to put it. If built, the Yucca Mountain facility would dispose of highly radioactive waste now stored at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. Nuclear waste would be moved to the temporary site and await completion of the permanent disposal facility. But some scientists have questioned whether Yucca Mountain will be safe for as long as the waste remains radioactive. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., who supported the interim storage bill last year, said he favors research to find a way to shorten the lifespan of nuclear waste. He said it is impossible to prove the permanent Yucca site would reman safe for 10,000 years. By shortening the time the site has to contain the waste, the complexity of problem would be decreased, Domenici spokesman Chris Gallegos said. Joining Craig in introducing the bill will be Sens. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Rod Grams, R-Minn. ====================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is ONElist important to you? Has it changed your life? http://www.onelist.com Come visit our new web site and share with us your stories ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DOEWatch List --- Subscribe online: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe.cgi/doewatch"We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world. It may be the fire destruction prophesized in the Euphrates Valley Era, after Noah and his fabulous Ark. Anyway we think we have found the way to cause the disintegration of the atom." -Quote from Truman's diary July 25, 45 after Pottsdam and the "baby was born"""The Doctor of the future will give No Medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."."-Attributed to Thomas Alva Edisonn"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act"t"-George Orwell &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
